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Shalom saudara dan saudari dalam Kristus,

Tak terasa tiga tahun sudah kami bermukim di kota Bandung tercinta, ada masa pasang surut dalam kehidupan dan pelayanan kami.

Berita sukacita. Tanggal 4 November 2009 merupakan saat yang menggembirakan sebab Tuhan mengaruniakan kami seorang putra yang kami beri nama George Alexander Broos melalui operasi cesar di RS St. Borromeus – Bandung. Sempat timbul kekuatiran dalam benak kami, sebab pernah kehilangan putri kami tercinta Regina sekitar tiga tahun yang lalu hingga kami sempat dihantui perasaan bagaimana kalau kini Tuhan panggil juga. Biaya rumah sakit yang membumbung tinggi akibat istri harus diopname seminggu akibat hipertensi dan si kecil selama 10 hari sempat membuat “panik” sebab sudah melebihi budget yang ada. Dari persiapan budget 8 juta rupiah melambung hingga kisaran 20 juta rupiah. Kami mengucap syukur untuk keluarga, teman-teman lama maupun setiap saudara seiman baik yang ada di Bandung (Howard Broos, Lucille Gunawan, Fanny Tupamahu, Ray Hindarto & Dewi, Yusak, Benaya & the gang, Herlin, Rudi, Donna Sapiranti dan Fitriani dll) maupun Surabaya (Gereja Oikos, Komunitas Lung-Lung, Ever Sopamena, Toga & Cecilia Aritonang, Joshua Prima Hermanto,dll) yang telah membantu kami baik dalam doa dan dana, juga untuk ahli kandungan dr. Elise Knoch yang memberkati kami dengan caranya sendiri.

Berita dukacita. Pada bulan Desember 2009 kami pun mengalami kehilangan salah seorang keponakan kami tercinta, Rio Durant, meninggal akibat suatu kecelakaan. Cukup memukul kami sebab ia merupakan sosok yang sangat dekat dengan kami dan sudah kami anggap sebagai putra sendiri.

Memasuki tahun 2010, kami pun mulai berjejaring dan bergerak bersama dengan rekan-rekan alumni Discipleship Training School (DTS) – YWAM dan membentuk komunitas Eagle Care bersama dengan Bapak Joel Nababan, Abraham Bessie, Reynold, Samuel, dkk.

Pada Februari 2010 pula Pr Christopher K dari Zoe Ministries datang dan memperlengkapi komunitas Yusak & Benaya dan Eagle Care, selain melakukan pastoral visit bagi keluarga kami. Sambil menyusun pelayanan yang akan kami kerjakan bersama di bulan Mei 2010 di kota Pahlawan, Surabaya dan kemungkinan pelayanan di Bali.

Memasuki bulan Maret 2010, Tuhan mulai bergerak kembali kini mempertemukan diri saya dengan teman-teman lama baik saat masih bersekolah di SD Pardomuan, SMPK Bahureksa, SMAK Dago maupun STBA Yapari dulu. Saya percaya semua ini bukanlah sebuah kebetulan tetapi rancangan Tuhan dalam kehidupan kami semua secara berkaitan.
Beberapa hal yang tengah kami kerjakan adalah mematangkan “pelayanan self-support”, selama tiga tahun ini kami mendapatkan kasih karunia Tuhan dalam kehidupan dan pelayanan. IA membuktikan sebagai Jehovah Jireh, Allah yang mencukupi segala kebutuhan kami. IA pun mulai mengajar kami untuk terlibat dalam pelayanan market place/ dunia usaha. Tetapi apakah kami harus pula terlibat dalam dunia usaha atau tidak, kami pun masih menggumulkan hal tersebut di dalam doa.

Hal inilah yang kami dapatkan dariNya melalui mentor kami dalam bidang ini, John Garfield:

1.I’m Prophetic
(God and I Talk) “Friends” Jn 15:15
2.I’m Passionate
(About the desires of my Heart)
3.I’m Purposeful
(Permission from God To Pursue The Passion He Put In My Heart)
4.I Have A Plan and a Product
(Blessing Others with Something Valuable)
5.I’m Moving from Profits to Prosperity
(Learning to Multiply and Build Wealth)
6.I Have a Mission Bless the Nations
(Turning Money into Ministry)
7.I’m Contagious Viral Missions
(Making self-sustaining Disciples)
Kerinduan kami adalah melihat visi yang Tuhan taruh dalam hati keluarga kami dapat menjadi kenyataan, kami telah banyak sharing dan berbagi mencari anggota tubuh Kristus yang memiliki hati yang sama namun penolakan kami alami berulang kali hingga kami berdoa apa yang harus kami lakukan?

Tuhan mengingatkan kami bagaimana Rasul Paulus pun tidak mau membebani jemaat di beberapa kota dan menjadi pembuat tenda untuk mencukupi kebutuhan sehari-hari tim pelayanannya bahkan menjadi berkat bagi orang lain. Kami berdoa pada Tuhan bilamana ini merupakan kehendakNya biarlah Ia pertemukan kami dengan orang yang mau membimbing kami dalam bidang yang baru ini dan tentunya anak Tuhan yang memiliki karakter Kristus. Lalu Tuhan pertemukan kami dengan John Garfield dari pelayanan Releasing Kings dan DR. David Gillmore dari Global Enterpreneurship Institute.

Ada perasaan takut untuk memulai sebuah usaha sebab saat kami baru memulai pelayanan di kota Bandung, modal usaha kami di bawa lari hingga rencana awal kami hancur. Puji Tuhan, di kota Bandung ini pula kami bertemu dengan rekan-rekan pengusaha yang memiliki hati missi dan siap mementor saya untuk menjadi enterpreneur Gospel (istilah John Garfield, bagi pengusaha yang menggunakan bidang usahanya untuk memberitakan Injil, memuridkan dan memperluas Kerajaan Allah melalui penanaman gereja di dunia usaha selain saling mendukung dan menjadi berkat bagi masyarakat).

Mentor sekaligus “ayah rohani” kami, Pastor Christopher K, menasehati kami untuk berdoa agar kami yakin bahwa ini merupakan God’s idea dan bukan good idea kami. Kami pun mendoakan hal ini, dari dasar hati kami yang terdalam motivasi kami untuk mencoba melakukan usaha adalah agar kami tidak mengkompromikan visi, misi dan nilai kami dengan pihak donatur. Ada beberapa gereja dan organisasi yang menawarkan kerjasama asalkan kami “berubah haluan”. Nah, hal ini yang tidak kami kehendaki, berkompromi demi “rupiah dan fasilitas”. Ini juga merupakan penjelasan bagi beberapa rekan yang bertanya mengapa kami sampai berpikir untuk melakukan usaha untuk mencukupi keluarga maupun pelayanan. Apa yang kami ketahui pasti bahwa Tuhan menghendaki kami memperlengkapi mereka yang berada di market place atau dunia usaha untuk menjadi alat Tuhan. Apakah Tuhan berkehendak kami mencukupi kebutuhan keluarga maupun pelayanan melalui dunia usaha, kami masih menggumulinya dalam doa. Satu hal yang pasti kami tahu,kami melayani dengan motivasi murni bagi Tuhan, sekalipun tidak ada seorang pun yang mau menolong kami…..kami percaya Tuhan akan membuka jalan baik melalui mujizat atau melalui pekerjaan atau usaha. Selama 19 tahun sudah saya melayani Tuhan dan Tuhan senantiasa mencukupi segala keperluan kami. Kami tidak mau mengeruk uang dan ketenaran melalui pelayanan, sebab apa pun yang kami lakukan semata hanya bagi DIA.

Apa yang ada dalam benak saya adalah memproduksi clothing dengan nilai kristiani bagi dunia sekuler, saya merasa risih dengan merk clothing yang berbau setan, iblis, neraka dan yang senada dengan hal tersebut. Mengapa kita tak menghasilkan clothing yang didesain oleh anak-anak Tuhan sendiri?

Apa yang ada dalam benak istri saya mungkin lebih praktis dan mudah sebagai langkah awal, ia rindu untuk membuka sebuah warung atau kedai Lontong Medan. Sebab itulah yang bisa ia lakukan yaitu memasak.

Entah apakah membuat clothing atau warung/kedai Lontong Medan, kami serahkan semuanya ke dalam tangan Tuhan. Bila memang ini “in line” dengan rencanaNya maka Ia akan buka jalan tepat dengan waktuNya. Tetapi bila ini hanya ide baik kami, maka semuanya akan berlalu dengan waktu dan Ia akan tunjukkan apa yang harus kami kerjakan berikutnya. Kami menyadari bahwa kami sampai detik ini masih dalam proses belajar dari Tuhan sampai kelak kami pulang ke Rumah Bapa.

Hari-hari terakhir ini saya banyak sharing dengan saudara-saudara seiman lainnya untuk mendukung kami dalam doa dan menjadi sahabat kami dalam masa perintisan ini. Kami sekeluarga menyadari bahwa harta kami yang paling berharga selama ini adalah para sahabat kami, oleh sebab itu kami coba untuk terus menjaga tali persahabatan dan persaudaraan kami dengan keluarga rohani kami yang ada di Surabaya dan kini yang ada di Bandung dan beberapa kota lainnya.

Tak terasa bulan Maret 2010 tinggal sehari lagi, dan kami akan memasuki bulan April 2010. Tuhan kiranya terus menuntunkan kami memasuki rencanaNya yang ajaib bagi kita semua.

Tuhan memberkati kita semua agar dapat menjadi saluran berkat bagi sesama kita,

Dave Broos

A Revival of Revolution!

A Revival of Revolution!

by John Mark Pool



John Mark PoolWhen we see our leaders tell us we do not have a say or a vote, we must know it is time for revolution!



It is time we must know that God is not involved in government? God IS government! Period!



That means that we must not view uncomfortable issues, such as our current healthcare legislation as just "another political flap" in Washington.



On the contrary….This is the single most pivotal piece of legislation that will be handed to American law makers in decades if not centuries! As I have followed this "cramming" of this liberal agenda down the throats of the American public, it causes me to review the beginning of our great nation when the word "revolution" meant "do or die!" We are there once again! It is time to address our demands from the lack of "due process" of our citizen's constitutional rights! We must arise to this occasion or serve a tyrant who will use the graces of the legal system to pull off the impossible­­­­­­for what we have been formed­--"legislation without representation!"



This also comes to many as a surprise that a "prophetic voice" would get involved in politics. I am not; the politics are now getting overtly involved in our heritage as a Christian nation, formed to give life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for free families to worship God!



In times like these, we need a reference to offer for historical records to understand where the Christians in our nation must now arise. Joseph from the Old Testament is indeed such an example. When you review the life of Joseph, you soon realize he was never allowed to be accepted by his own family, his own tribe, and his own government. When confronted by his father, he told his dreams clearly, was reprimanded for doing so, and then was taken to be killed by jealous family members. This is normal for our church family today! We have also "aided and abetted" this crime of "ego driven desire for a King!" We have one, and His name is Jesus, and just as Joseph was handed, Jesus too was not only the message of salvation, He was salvation that took it to another lever...to being crucified for His message! Can we?



Revolution is the Solution



Today, we must remember, if you think liberalism has only a vote to remove this demonic spirit from our land, you are sadly mistaken. Indeed this is a spiritual warfare that will not take prisoners! This is the time to call for all good men and women of America to arise to our calling from the beginning­---Revolution is the Solution!



This is going to cost all those who want to be freed from the tyranny that has "slippery means to slime the nation" of our foundation! When we cannot voice our vote, we cannot be counted to see the legislation that will bankrupt our nation beyond repair, then it is time for action! Again, Joseph was no good at his homeland, who tried to murder him for a dream! God miraculously used all forms adversity to transport him into a place where his God-given gifts of dreams, visions and interpretations would come to pass. Joseph was the model that not only got involved in government, he stood up to reveal that God alone had the power to give the dreams, interpretations and the wisdom to save even the enemies of his own people.



We must not forget, Joseph was given all the wisdom once his dreams were accomplished to take him from the pits of despair to the rank of slightly lower than that of the king of the land. Joseph was then able to legislate the wisdom that not only saved the enemy's land, but also his own tribe from extinction!



Rich Heritage



As this is written, it reminds me of the courage it took for men and women of our founding families to stop the tyranny from their oppressors to give us a land that not only offered a new beginning, but one that is rich with a heritage of being God's land, and that land I might remind you is our land! Not one elected officials or a few permanent judicial heads, nor purchased politicians land---quite frankly it is all yours; all your men, women and children's land! This land is not going to taken by sidewinders on any hill that thinks we cannot again arise to the occasion for another season of cleansing "revolution!"



When we founded this land of the free and the home of the brave, we did not do this by passive measures of those who quoted "thou shalt not kill" and then hoped they got a warm bed and a nice meal. No---this came because they voted with their ink on the line and their lives to back it up! It was not easy, nor has it ever been easy to overthrow tyranny, but we better wake up because that is exactly what we are about to do once again; that is if you do not raise your voice, write your congressperson and then mark every legislator who voted to pass this healthcare bill for a November vote of dismissal. We have a voice, it is now and it is high time to send a "Joseph message" that says our dreams will com e true even if we have been given the wrong "change" I call "shortchanged" which is another word for "cheated!" Don't sit on your hands now! This is time to let the leaders know who is in control. We the people of the United States will always have the last vote! Joseph took courage to step up and offer his dreams, his wisdom and his integrity, even at the expense of losing his life if necessary, yet it save his nation from the enemy's ruin, and that is what we must do now! We can do this, yet we cannot do this from the sidelines wishing God would intervene! How do you think that intervention will take place? Yes, it has always been through His leaders, his people and His courageous ones that would rather fight than be overrun with our enemy! God is government, and we are God's people to enact the next balance of unjust legislation without representation! Wake up! We must take our dreams to the King, not a president, not a congress, not a commit tee; no this time we fight! We will not be overthrown!



That is the way you handle Unhealthy legislation, no matter the source! Joseph as well as Daniel and many other demonstrated that no matter the cost, we will not bow to a foreign demonic power to turn our free land over to another! This is high time for the revolution to begin!


John Mark Pool

Word to the World Ministries

www.w2wmin.org

PROPOSAL KERJASAMA PELAYANAN THE BODY BUILDING (A MINISTRY OF THE EAGLES NEST MINISTRIES)

PROPOSAL KERJASAMA PELAYANAN

THE BODY BUILDING

(A MINISTRY OF THE EAGLES NEST MINISTRIES)


Melihat banyaknya umat Tuhan yang mudah terombang-ambing hidupnya dan tidak memiliki pengajaran dasar sama sekali membuat hati saya sedih. Meski pun mereka sudah bergereja namun kerohanian tidak bertumbuh, mengapa? Sebab terkadang para pendeta atau gembala sidang yang menggembalakan sendiri tengah mengalami kekeringan rohani. Bukan hanya “rocker” saja yang manusia, tetapi pendeta pun manusia. Pendeta pun dapat merasa kesepian dan tidak punya teman berbagi beban. Pendeta bukan “super rohani” yang tidak butuh sahabat.
Kerinduan kami adalah pertama-tama membangun hubungan dan menjadi sahabat para pendeta. Terlebih para hamba Tuhan yang saat ini tengah merintis atau gerejanya sudah lama berdiri namun tidak ada perkembangan yang signifikan, kami rindu untuk menolong Anda. Jangan disalahartikan bahwa kami akan membantu dalam bentuk materi (bantuan keuangan) sebab bukan hal itu yang kami tawarkan. Kami menawarkan persahabatan dan bersama-sama memperlebar Kerajaan Tuhan. Kerinduan kami adalah membangun jejaring (network) dengan berbagai denominasi gereja dan yayasan Kristen dimana pada akhirnya kita dapat bersinergi sebagai sebuah keluarga di dalam Tuhan dan berfungsi dalam tubuh Kristus sesuai dengan panggilan atau bagiannya. Kami juga rindu membagikan “hati Bapa”( atau Fathering/pembapaan bukan pengajaran The heart of the Father/kasih Bapa) bagi para pemimpin agar mereka menjadi “ayah rohani” bagi jemaat Tuhan dan bukan sekedar pengkhotbah.
Kerinduan yang kedua adalah membantu gereja yang ada untuk membangun jemaat Tuhan dengan fondasi kebenaran yang benar hingga tidak mudah diombang-ambingkan angin pengajaran palsu maupun ajaran di luar Kristus. Kami percaya jemaat tidak cukup hanya dikhotbahi sekali seminggu tetapi mereka butuh figur “ayah rohani” yang membimbing setiap anak rohani menerapkan kebenaran Firman Tuhan dalam kehidupan mereka sehari-hari.
Kami sendiri saat ini berjejaring dengan tubuh Kristus baik di dalam maupun luar negeri. Kami bukan saja berjejaring tetapi bersahabat satu dengan yang lainnya. Kita tidak dapat membangun Tubuh Kristus atau memperlebar Kerajaan Tuhan seorang diri, diperlukan sinergi dari tiap orang percaya agar hal tersebut dapat diwujudkan. Sebab itulah yang dikehendaki Bapa saat kita semua bergerak dalam kesatuan dan kasih satu dengan yang lainnya.
Bila Anda sebagai sesama rekan pelayan Tuhan atau Gembala Sidang atau Anda (seorang awam) mengenal hamba Tuhan baik diperkotaan maupun dipedesaan yang membutuhkan dukungan kami. Atau Anda sendiri rindu untuk dipakai Tuhan lebih lagi namun selama ini tidak ada orang yang mengarahkan, kami pun siap untuk mendampingi. Anda dapat memberikan alamat atau email atau nomor telpon yang dapat kami hubungi. Atau Anda dapat hubungi kami di davebroos@yahoo.co.uk atau SMS ke 081330135643. Ingin mengetahui pelayanan kami lebih lanjut silahkan masuk ke http://3a9l35-n35t.blogspot.com .

“DICARI YANG MAU MENJADI MURID KRISTUS”

(Eagles Nest Discipleship, Training & Bible School)

“Karena itu pergilah, jadikanlah semua bangsa muridKU dan baptislah mereka dalam nama Bapa dan Anak dan Roh Kudus, dan ajarlah mereka segala sesuatu yang telah Kuperintahkan kepadamu. Dan ketahuilah, Aku menyertai kamu senantiasa sampai kepada akhir zaman.” (Matius 28:19-20)

Sebuah pesan terakhir dari Kristus Yesus bagi setiap kita,sebab Ia mencari disciples (murid) dan bukan sekedar follower(pengikut). Semua orang percaya wajib menjadi murid Kristus dan juga seorang yang memuridkan orang lain. Wauw, sebuah tantangan besar bagi gereja masa kini. Mengapa saya katakan tantangan? Sebab banyak orang lebih suka kata “pergi”, orang suka dengan yang namanya “traveling”, sepertinya ada kebanggaan bila sudah pelayanan keliling di beberapa negara. Ada juga yang senang dengan kata “baptis” sebab itu berarti jumlah statistik anggota gereja bertambah, biasanya orang menjadi bangga kalau anggotanya banyak. Begitu juga dengan kata “ajar”, orang sangat senang mengajar di kelas atau mimbar, sebab nanti dapat “amplop”. Padahal kata imperative dalam kalimat Amanat Agung itu adalah “jadikanlah murid”. Mengapa kata ini dihindari? Sebab pemuridan ala Yesus bukan seperti kelas SOM atau model perkuliahan di STT. Sistem pendidikan yang diadopsi masa kini dan juga diterapkan dalam gereja merupakan “pola pendidikan Yunani” sedang pemuridan yang diajarkan oleh Yesus merupakan “pola pendidikan Yahudi”. Dimana pengajaran tidak disampaikan hanya searah tetapi dua arah, ada suatu dialog dan bukan monolog. Pelajaran atau pemuridan diberikan dimana saja, bisa di rumah, di bukit, di atas perahu, di bait Allah dan lain-lain; tidak dimonopoli di sebuah ruang kelas atau kompleks tertentu. Hubungan antara sang guru dan murid pun bukan hubungan ala dosen dengan mahasiswanya tetapi lebih pada hubungan ayah dan anak.
Kesedihan hati kami adalah saat melihat bagaimana kondisi gereja pada umumnya tidak membawa dampak besar bagi masyarakat yang ada di sekitarnya. Rasa asin gereja sebagai “garam dunia” tidak terasa, cahaya gereja sebagai “terang dunia” pun mulai redup. Saat kami masih menggembalakan jemaat, banyak diantara mereka yang tidak bertumbuh atau menjadi orang Kristen yang suam-suam. Hati kami sedih hingga suatu kali saat berdoa Tuhan membukakan hal ini pada kami. Bapa menghendaki murid-murid Kristus, mempelai yang dewasa bagi AnakNya dan bukan bayi dengan dot di mulut & mengenakan popok pampers. Dulu kami bangga dengan jumlah jemaat tetapi sekarang kebanggaan itu luruh. Kini kami berkonsentrasi dan memberi hidup untuk memuridkan anak-anak Tuhan bertumbuh pada kedewasaan dalam Kristus bersama rekan-rekan tubuh Kristus yang lainnya kami bersinergi agar pemulihan pelayanan lima jawatan terjadi atas gereja Tuhan. Kerinduan kami adalah melihat setiap anak Tuhan diperlengkapi dan menggenapi panggilan Tuhan atas hidupnya. Kami percaya setiap anak Tuhan, adalah alat Tuhan dan tidak ada yang namanya hanya “jemaat biasa”. Setiap anak Tuhan adalah orang-orang yang luar biasa di dalam tanganNya.
Apakah harga seorang murid? Alkitab berkata,”Barangsiapa tidak memikul salibnya dan mengikut Aku, ia tidak dapat menjadi muridKU.” (Luk 14:27)…..”ia tidak layak bagiKU” (Mat 10:38). Pikul salib, yang berarti mati terhadap diri sendiri dan hidup sebagai ciptaan baru dalam Kristus.(2 Kor 5:17, Gal 2:19b-20).

Maukah anda membayar harga itu?
Bila Anda (pemimpin jemaat atau persekutuan) rindu jemaat yang Anda pimpin makin cinta Tuhan bertumbuh atau Anda (bukan seseorang di dalam kepemimpinan gereja/persekutuan) sendiri rindu untuk menjadi murid Kristus dan ingin terus bertumbuh menjadi seorang yang berdampak bagi Kerajaan Tuhan maka kami mau mengajak anda bergabung di dalam kelompok pemuridan Eagles Nest Discipleship, Training & Bible School. Ada pun pelayanan kami bersifat interdenominasi, kita membahas sebagai contoh dalam kelas teologia dasar kekristenan. Materi yang akan kita bahas bersama diantaranya dalam kelas kami :

- Doktrin Theologia,
- Kristologi,
- Pneumatology(Roh Kudus),
- Angelology(Malaikat),
- Anthropology(Manusia),
- Bibliology(Alkitab),
- Soteriology(Keselamatan),
- Ecclesiology(Gereja),
- Thanatology(Kematian)
- Eskatologi (Akhir Zaman)
- Dasar Yang Benar
- Kuasa Doa
- Belajar Alkitab Praktis
- Hidup Rumahtangga atau Keluarga
- Bagaimana Hidup Dipimpin Roh Tuhan
- Kuasa Pujian
- Pelayanan Mujizat
- Hidup Kekristenan yang Berkemenangan
- Peperangan Rohani
- Menjadi Saksi Kristus sampai ke ujung bumi

Ada pun The Eagles Nest Discipleship, Training & Bible School bekerjasama dengan lembaga pendidikan The Prophetic Voice Institute – Amerika Serikat, DCI – Inggris Raya, US Prayer Centre (School of Prayer) – Amerika Serikat, Zoe Ministries – Malaysia; setiap murid yang mengikuti pertemuan dengan setia dan mengikuti ujian akhir akan mendapatkan Sertifikat atau Diploma sesuai dengan kelas yang diikuti.
Beberapa kelas/komunitas yang kami tawarkan adalah:
1. School of Discipleship (Pemuridan)
2. School of Theology of Christian Foundation (Teologi Dasar Kekristenan)
3. School of Mission (Missi)
4. School of Church Growth (Pertumbuhan Gereja)
5. School of Leadership (Kepemimpinan)
6. School of Prayer (Doa)
7. School of Evangelism (Penginjilan)
8. School of Finance (Keuangan)
9. School of Market Place (Dunia Kerja)
10. School of Prophets (Kenabian)
11. School of Church Planting (Penanaman Gereja)
TENAGA PENGAJAR TETAP & TAMU:
- Ps. Dave Broos Dip Min BRE (Eagles Nest Ministries)
- Ev. Novie Durant Broos Dip Th (Eagles Nest Ministries)
- Ev. Benaya Raharjo (Eagles Nest Ministries)
- Ev. Yusak Hartoko (Eagles Nest Ministries)
- Ev. Joel Nababan (YWAM Bali)
- Ps. Christopher Krishnasamy Bth (Zoe Ministries Penang – Malaysia)
- Onggo Susilo ST (GBIS - Komunitas Oikos Surabaya)
- Gunawan Hartono Sth MPM (Gereja Oikos Surabaya)
- Pnt. Yohanes Harjanto ((Gereja Oikos Surabaya)
- Pdt. Marthin Uktolseja SH (GpdI Moria Banyuwangi)
- Pdt. Asmoro Sth (GKB Sejahtera Surabaya)
- Pdt Enny Asmoro Sth MA (GKB Sejahtera Surabaya)
- Pdt Ir. Amos Benyamin MA (GKB Ekklesia Malang)
- Pdt Robert S Tarigan Sth (STT Tana Karo Medan)
- Fanny Lesmana SIK (Editor Renungan Wanita dan Youth Surabaya)
- Pdm Juanda Sth MA (Editor Tabloid Keluarga Surabaya)
Bagi yang berdomisili di kota Bandung, kita dapat bertemu dan belajar bersama sedang untuk di kota lain, kami bisa mengunjungi anda atau sekalipun tidak bisa jumpa secara tatap muka, kita berhubungan melalui e-mail davebroos@yahoo.co.uk , yahoo messenger dengan I D davebroos, atau menelpon/SMS di 081330135643.
Sebagaimana yang kami tekankan di atas kerinduan kami bukan sekedar mentransfer ilmu pengetahuan tetapi kehidupan. Kerinduan kami kelompok pemuridan ini bukan saja memiliki nilai kekeluargaan yang kuat dalam Kristus tetapi juga bertumbuh bersama sebagai keluarga Tuhan yang berdampak bagi bangsanya bahkan bagi bangsa-bangsa.
Tuhan memberkati dan jangan ragu untuk menghubungi kami.

Ps. Dave Broos BRE
The Eagles Nest Ministries http://3a9l35-n35t.blogspot.com

Legal Protection

Legal Protection
By Francis Frangipane www.frangipane.org

Approximately two thousand years ago a decree was issued at the judgment seat of Almighty God. It provided "legal" protection for the church against the devil. Indeed, when Jesus died for our sins, the "ruler of this world" was judged (John 16:11). Our debts were nailed to Christ's cross and canceled; principalities and powers were disarmed. In truth, because of Jesus, we have a legal right, not only to be protected from our enemy but to triumph over him (Col. 2:13-15).

It does not matter what nation you come from, the sacrifice of Christ was so complete and the judicial decision from God against Satan so decisive that divine protection, enough to cover every need known to Christians, has been granted (see Rev. 3:10). Christ's death is the lawful platform upon which the church rises to do spiritual warfare; His Word is the eternal sword we raise against wickedness.

Having said that, we must also acknowledge that the church has only rarely walked in such victory since the first century. Why? At least in part, the answer is this: To attain the protection of Christ, the church must embrace the intercession of Christ. We must become a house of prayer.

Indeed, church history began with its leadership devoted to the Word of God and to prayer (Acts 2:42; 6:4). Every day the leaders gathered to pray and minister to the Lord (Acts 3:1). In this clarity of vision and simplicity of purpose, the church of Jesus Christ never had greater power or capacity to make true disciples.

Today, however, our qualifications for church leadership include almost everything but devotion to God's Word and prayer. Leaders are expected to be organizers, counselors, and individuals with winning personalities whose charms alone can draw people.

In Luke 18, Jesus challenges our modern traditions. He asks, "When the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?" (v. 8). His question is a warning to Christians who would limit the power of God at the end of the age. Jesus is calling us to resist the downward pull of our traditions; He is asking us individually, "Will I find faith in you?"

Before we respond, let us note that Jesus associates "faith" with "day and night prayer" (Luke 18:7). He is not asking, "Will I find correct doctrines in you?" The Lord's question does not so much concern itself with our head as with our heart. What we believe is important, but how we believe is vital in securing the help of God.

Indeed, procuring the supernatural help of God is exactly the point of Jesus' parable in Luke 18. His intent was to show that "at all times" we "ought to pray and not to lose heart" (Luke 18:1). To illustrate the quality of faith He seeks, He followed His admonition with a parable about a certain widow who petitioned a hardened judge for "legal protection" (v. 3). Although the judge was initially unwilling, yet by her "continually coming" (v. 5) she gained what was legally hers.

Jesus concluded by asking, “If an unrighteous judge will respond to a widow's persistence, shall not God avenge quickly His elect, who cry to Him day and night, and will He delay long over them?" Jesus said, "I tell you that He will bring about justice for them speedily" (see Luke 18:1-8)

Understanding God's Delays
Our Heavenly Judge will not “delay long” over His elect, but He will delay. In fact, God's definition of "speedily" and ours are not always synonymous. The Lord incorporates delays into His overall plan: Delays work perseverance in us. So crucial is endurance to our character development that God is willing to delay even important answers to prayer to facilitate our transformation.

Thus, we should not interpret divine delays as signs of divine reluctance. Delays are tools to perfect our faith. Christ is looking to find a tenacity in our faith that prevails in spite of delays and setbacks. He seeks to create a perseverance within us that outlasts the test of time, a resolve that actually grows stronger during delays. When the Father sees this quality of persistence in our faith, it so touches His heart that He grants "legal protection" to His people.

Desperation Produces Change
It is significant that Jesus compared His elect to a widow harassed by an enemy. The image is actually liberating, for we tend to conceptualize the heroes of the faith as David or Joshua types -- individuals whose successes obscure their humble beginnings. But each of God's servants has, like the widow, a former life that is brimming with excuses and occasions to waver.

Look at the widow: She has legitimate reasons to quit, but instead she prevails. Indeed, she refuses to exempt herself from her high potential simply because of her low estate. She makes no apologies for her lack of finances, knowledge or charm. Giving herself no reason to fail, she unashamedly plants her case before the judge where she pleads for and receives what is hers: legal protection from her opponent.

How did a common widow gain such strength of character? We can imagine that there must have been a time when, under the relentless pressure of her adversary, she became desperate, and desperation worked to her advantage. Desperation is God's hammer: It demolishes the stronghold of fear and shatters the chains of our excuses. When our desperation exceeds our fears, progress begins.

Today, the force prodding many Christians toward greater unity and prayer has not been the sweetness of fellowship; more often it has been the assault of the enemy. We are in desperate times. When it comes to touching God's heart, other than for a few essential truths, unity of desperation is more crucial than unity of doctrine.

God's Elect
Our nation is suffering from a deep social and moral collapse. If we have ever needed God's anointing, it is now -- but where are God's elect? Where are the people whom Daniel says "know their God" and "will display strength and take action" (Dan. 11:32)?

Is there no one divinely empowered who can fell the Goliaths of our age? Perhaps we are looking in the wrong places. Perhaps we need only to look in our bathroom mirror. If you believe in Jesus and are desperate for God, you qualify as one of God's elect. Remember, in the above parable the widow typifies Christ's chosen.

We have erroneously held that God's chosen will never be assaulted by the adversary, much less driven to desperation and "day-and-night" prayer. But, this desperation is often the very crucible in which the elect of God are forged. Jesus portrays this characteristic metaphorically in the picture of the widow; He reveals the means through which His elect prevail in battle at the end of the age.

When all is said and done, it is also possible that this widow may not have been a singular person but a corporate people -- a "widow church" -- united in Christ in a singular, desperate prayer for protection against her adversary.

We need the "legal protection" that a national revival provides. But it will not come without unceasing prayer. You ask, "Where was the prayer behind the Charismatic Renewal?" The Lord spoke to my heart that the Charismatic Renewal was His answer to the cries of a million praying mothers -- women who refused to surrender their children to drugs and the devil.

It is our turn to pray. We are the widow who cannot give herself a reason for failure; God will answer our day-and-night cry. Let us position ourselves at His throne on behalf of our cities and nations. Certainly, as we persevere in faith, the Lord will grant us legal protection from our enemy.

The Present Awareness

The Present Awareness
By JoAnn McFatter www.joannmcfatter.com

As we carry on in the faith, holding to our belief systems and trusting God will move in and through us along the way, I would like to put things on pause for a moment. Yes, I would like you to push the pause button and just be aware of this "very moment".... There it goes—it has already passed. Hit pause again and just try to be fully aware of this marked point in time in your life...and there it goes again.

Being fully aware of the moment is a challenge we don't impose upon ourselves because we are often on automatic. Life is one continuous flow for us as the moments, sometimes hours, go by without a trace of awareness of what we are to experience in God. Every second of every minute of every hour of every day of every week of every month of every year we are made in God's image and created to function as one with Him—at all times and in all situations, and ever conscious of God in us and ever aware of this oneness.

A Never Ending Flow

And all Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine, and I am glorified in them. Now I am no longer in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep through Your name those whom You have given Me, that they may be one as We are.—John 17:10-11

I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word: that they all may be one as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me. And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one.—John 17:20-22

There is a never ending flow in us that comes from the very essence of who He is, as we accept Him as our personal Savior and live out our lives filled with His Spirit. We are so tied into the physical aspect of who we are that it's difficult for us to wrap our minds around the fact that we are first and foremost a spiritual being, made in God's image, encased in this temporal physical manifestation.

The fact that we live this life in a physical body throws off our perspective because it results in our having such a strong mindset toward the physical realm. But did you know that you, as a physical being, actually flicker in and out of time and space millions of times per second? It's not so as you would notice because it happens so rapidly that our natural eye is unable to distinguish it.

It's a scientific fact that our being is an energy flow that manifests in a physical way, just as the bed you lay on, the table you sit at, the chair you sit on—everything. Newtonian Science held the belief that if you can see it, touch it, feel it—that is reality. With the discovery of Quantum Physics, the study of matter at the sub-particle level, we find that there is much more going on in the universe than we ever imagined.

This world we live in is held together by God's awareness of all things, in all of creation, at all times! Amazing! It's astonishing what science is discovering that redefines our perspective of our existence. And yet, as Christians, we should be excited that what is being revealed through all of these studies are all found in the Word!

Mysteries of the Gospel

While we do not look at the things which are seen, but the things which are not seen, for the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.—2 Corinthians 4:18

And He is before all things and in Him all things consist.—Colossians 1:17

Science has been discovering the mysteries of the gospel and unfolding them to us, if we have an ear to hear, especially in these last few decades. One such discovery has to do with the fact that we are energy. (I have written of this before. Click here to read a previous article on the ElijahList.)

As energy we are much more pliable and have much more influence as a created human being than we are aware of. There is that word again—aware—and therein lies the key. To the degree that we are aware of who we are in Christ and the dominion we are given, we will be effective. How we influence our surroundings and are impacted by them is greatly impacted by our awareness of the interaction between ourselves and the world around us, both physical and spiritual.

We must awaken to the fullness of who we are intended to be with a full awareness of the eternal and physical realms at the same time. One foot in each realm, as a spirit being encased in a physical body, yet not limited by its boundaries! God alone is our boundaries and our borders, not this physical realm. We need to live in the full awareness of this as we awaken to the position we hold in Him, both in heavenly places and on the earth. We are "seated with Him in heavenly places" WHILE we are yet in these mortal bodies on the earth!

This Present Moment

And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed.—Romans 13:11

Therefore He says: 'Awake, you who sleep, arise from the dead, and Christ will give you light.'—Ephesians 5:14

Both of these verses are in the context of coming out of a dullness of mind and spirit so that we do not fall into the complacency of the day, whether it be sin or unbelief. We can no longer afford to live the days, hours and moments on automatic, but must become aware of every present moment in our lives. All we have is this present moment.

What is in the past is gone and what is in the future has not yet been, at least that is true of what goes on in our time and space realm. But in every moment we have the endless possibilities of how our lives can change, how our mentalities can shift, and our awareness can become stronger and influence not only ourselves, but the world around us.

Therefore, from now on, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him thus no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.—2 Corinthians 5:16-17

Unfortunately, we are still buying into the old. We still believe we are ruled by the limitations set on man between the fall and resurrection of Christ! Let it not be so any longer! We have NO idea what an amazing creation we are in Christ and have been living our lives in the deafening dullness of what has been before—the way of the old man!

Just How "One" We Are

When words are released into our ear, it is nothing but vibrations that we have attached learned meaning to. Air molecules vibrate, sending a signal to the inner ear, which then sends a message to the auditory part of our brain where the message is relayed and affects our whole being. If it is a language we don't understand, we have no awareness of what is being spoken and our body doesn't respond or become aware of what has been relayed.

On the other hand, if it is in a language we recognize, we take in that sound with awareness and it influences us for positive or negative, depending on the message. It can cause a reaction at the cellular level as though you just took into your body a drug composed of chemicals! That's how impacting our emotional and spiritual response to things can be on our body, on our whole being.

Medicine is just now coming to grips with the reality of how body, mind and soul inter-relate. That is how God created us to interact with each other and our surroundings. That is why he urges us repeatedly in Scripture to think on the good, the "whatsoever things are pure." EVERYTHING we come across leaves some sort of impact. Any two particles that have ever interfaced are connected forever. Science is now learning just how "one" we all are in Christ, in whom all things exist!

And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. —Philippians 4:7-8

To be aware every moment of every day of the positive things in ourselves and those around us could drastically change our lives. That, I believe, is why He urges us repeatedly in Scripture to have a grateful heart, so that we can live in that place of abiding love. To be conscious at all times, in this present moment, of the flow of God in us so that we have a constant awareness of our oneness with Him, would cause us to view circumstances around us very differently.

I wonder if that is not what is behind Paul urging us to pray without ceasing. Perhaps that is why he found it so beneficial to always be praying in tongues to the point that he said, "I pray in tongues more than ALL of you!" It put him in a place of acute awareness of his oneness with God.

Shouts of "Grace Grace"

Yes, our own awareness of the goodness of God in these days will go a long way to bring us through some challenging circumstances. We will do well to be awakened to the reality of the Spirit realm and the spiritual truths in Scripture that can overcome what we are both seeing and not seeing with the natural eye.

In doing so, we put on the full armor of God as we wash over our minds and hearts with God's perspective of things. Does it mean there are no troubles? Not at all, but we move through them with "grace grace" on our lips, and with that same acute awareness at all times of the love and goodness of God that Paul had, loosing miracles to flow through him.

So he answered and said to me: 'This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: "Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,' says the Lord of Hosts. Who are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain! And he shall bring forth the capstone with shouts of 'Grace, Grace to it''—Zechariah 4:6-7

It is time to shift our focus to things that hold eternal value so that we might be ones who will be able to bring healing and deliverance to the masses in this hour. We've heard over and over that the darkness will get darker and the light lighter, but we cannot presume that we will partake of this light if we have not looked into the light as preparation. We are changed as we behold Him. We need to exercise our spirit man to release strength and clarity of mind as we "set our thoughts on things above."

As for me, I will see Your face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied when I awake in Your likeness.—Psalm 17:15

To be ever present with Him is to be acutely aware in every moment that He is in us and we are in Him. Out of that present awareness, that place of oneness, we will see change in ourselves, as well as in the atmosphere around us. As we "practice His presence," as Brother Lawrence would say, we will begin to flow from His boundaries and borders, and not be limited any longer to our old mindsets.

We will experience the realities of the eternal even while we are yet in this dispensation of time, reaching into the age to come and bringing it into the here and now. To accomplish this, we must awaken to this present awareness of who we are in Christ—at all times, even in this present moment that has just passed, the one that we are in at this moment, and the one that is to come. We are made in His image, the One who was and is and is to come!